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title: "Cost of Living in Laos vs the US — Geo-Parity"
description: "Laos is about 78% cheaper than the United States (price level 0.216, US = 1.0). See what US salaries are really worth in Laos, across World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table data."
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Purchasing Power Parity · Laos

# Cost of living in 🇱🇦 Laos vs the United States

Laos has a US-relative price level of **0.216** (US = 1.0) — about 78% cheaper than the United States. Reference year 2024.

## What US salaries are worth in Laos

| US income | Feels like (US-equivalent) | Cost of a US lifestyle |
| --- | --- | --- |
| $50,000 | $231,481 | $10,800 |
| $80,000 | $370,370 | $17,280 |
| $120,000 | $555,556 | $25,920 |
| $180,000 | $833,333 | $38,880 |
| $250,000 | $1,157,407 | $54,000 |

“Feels like” = income ÷ price level; “cost of a US lifestyle” = income × price level. Try your own number in the [interactive calculator](https://geo-parity.com/?target=LA).

## How the sources compare

Each provider measures Laos's price level slightly differently; a tight spread means high confidence.

Consensus (median) 0.216 2024

World Bank — GDP 0.217 2024

IMF (WEO) 0.225 2024

Penn World Table 0.210 2023

World Bank — Consumption 0.277 2024

CIA Factbook (coverage) 0.217 2024

## Countries with a similar cost of living

- [🇵🇰 Pakistan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/pakistan/) — price level 0.217
- [🇮🇳 India](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/india/) — price level 0.231
- [🇸🇱 Sierra Leone](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sierra-leone/) — price level 0.232
- [🇧🇹 Bhutan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/bhutan/) — price level 0.236
- [🇸🇩 Sudan](https://geo-parity.com/ppp/sudan/) — price level 0.241

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## Frequently asked questions

- **How expensive is Laos compared to the United States?**: Laos has a price level of 0.216 relative to the US baseline of 1.0 (about 78% cheaper than the United States), based on the median of independent votes from the World Bank/IMF (one vote — both use the official exchange rate), the Eurostat-OECD PPP programme and the Penn World Table, reference year 2024.
- **What is a $100,000 salary worth in Laos?**: In purchasing-power terms, $100,000 stretches to about $462,963 of US-equivalent lifestyle in Laos; conversely, sustaining a $100,000 US lifestyle there costs about $21,600.
- **Where does the Laos cost-of-living data come from?**: Real price-level figures from the World Bank, IMF World Economic Outlook, OECD, Eurostat and Penn World Table, blended as a per-country median of independent votes and refreshed at build time.

Figures are informational estimates from public datasets — not investment or relocation advice. Agents: GET /api/calculate.json?income=100000&target=LA.

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